摘要:
Optoelectronic devices often comprise an optoelectronic semiconductor element such as a diode laser fastened on a carrier. The desired path of a beam of radiation from or to such an element often implies that such an element has to be fastened on the carrier at a certain, for example right angle. As a result, a contact surface of such an element also encloses an angle with another contact surface which lies on the carrier. The provision of a wire connection by means of a wire bonding unit is rendered difficult by this. In the known method, two wire connections and an interposed block are used for solving this problem. A disadvantage of the known method is that it is comparatively laborious and expensive, so that the manufactured devices are also expensive. In a method according to the invention, one of the two contact surfaces is provided with a wire which has a free end, and after fastening of the diode laser or photodiode the free end of the wire is fastened on the other contact surface. One wire connection can suffice and no auxiliary block is necessary with this wire connection method in two steps. Preferably, the wire having the free end is provided on the element. This has various additional advantages such as a less critical fastening of the free end of the wire and the possibility of a reliable intermediate test owing to which the yield of the expensive end product is increased. The invention also relates to an element, preferably fastened on a support body, on which a wire having a free end has been applied.
摘要:
Optoelectronic devices often comprise an optoelectronic semiconductor element such as a diode laser fastened on a carrier. The desired path of a beam of radiation from or to such an element often implies that such an element has to be fastened on the carrier at a certain, for example right angle. As a result, a contact surface of such an element also encloses an angle with another contact surface which lies on the carrier. The provision of a wire connection by means of a wire bonding unit is rendered difficult by this. In the known method, two wire connections and an interposed block are used for solving this problem. A disadvantage of the known method is that it is comparatively laborious and expensive, so that the manufactured devices are also expensive. In a method according to the invention, one of the two contact surfaces is provided with a wire which has a free end, and after fastening of the diode laser or photodiode the free end of the wire is fastened on the other contact surface. One wire connection can suffice and no auxiliary block is necessary with this wire connection method in two steps. Preferably, the wire having the free end is provided on the element. This has various additional advantages such as a less critical fastening of the free end of the wire and the possibility of a reliable intermediate test owing to which the yield of the expensive end product is increased. The invention also relates to an element, preferably fastened on a support body, on which a wire having a free end has been applied.
摘要:
In the known method, a plate of a heat-conducting material, for example silicon, is subdivided by means of grooves into blocks which remain connected to one another along break-off edges. The plate is metallized on two sides and (locally) provided with layer-shaped regions comprising solder at the upper side, the diode laser being fastened within each region, after which the blocks are separated from one another by breaking-off. A disadvantage of this method is that the blocks thus obtained are not suitable for a final mounting in which the radiation beam of the diode laser is perpendicular to the carrier plate on which the support body is fastened. In a method according to the invention, mutually parallel grooves are provided in the plate and the plate is subdivided into strips whose longitudinal direction is perpendicular to the direction of the grooves which are at most two support bodies wide and whose side surfaces are substantially smooth and flat, and the upper surface and the side surfaces of the strips are provided with a conductive layer in one step, after which the layer-shaped regions comprising solder are provided on one of these surfaces. This method is simple, comprises comparatively few steps, and results in a large number of interconnected support bodies which are suitable for mounting with the support body tilted through 90°. This renders it possible to mount diode lasers on the support bodies before the latter are separated and to mount them finally relative to a carrier plate in such a way that the radiation beam is approximately perpendicular to the carrier plate. Preferably, strips having a width of exactly one support body are formed.